On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:27:28PM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:09 PM, jtainter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "Apparently flew into a flock of geese and got bird strikes on both engines 
> > just after take-off"
> >
> > No doubt Frank will feel vindicated to know that the birds may have been 
> > Canada Geese.
> 
> I was thinking exactly that thing as I read the story in the paper
> this morning.  Quite the amazing job that pilot did, guiding the
> aircraft to a safe landing in the drink with no engines.  He's a hero.

That's pretty much the slant on the news stories out here, too.
Of course the fact that he's a bay area local with a long history
of service (including teaching emergency safety techniques) helps.


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